Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

The amount of money your department spent on the services of external law firms and barristers for the year ending March 31st 2019

Request

I would like to know the amount of money your department spent on the services of external law firms and barristers for the year ending March 31st 2019.

Please exclude legal services provided by the Government Legal Department. However, please include legal services that the Government Legal Department has outsourced to a third party.

You can approximate spending levels, i.e. if you are not able to provide the exact figures, please give us your best estimate.

Please note that the figure we have requested should exclude spending by your department on the GLD (Government Legal Department) and its predecessor the TSoL (Treasury Solicitor’s Department).

Response

The CPS confirms that we hold information regarding your request, the total amount of money the CPS has spent for the financial year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 is £102,872,518.71.

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0899 IMU@cps.gov.uk